Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
That isn't the only problem, whole disk encryption is needed for dual or multiple boot systems with each partition having a different encryption key to prevent things in other partitions from messing with what's in other system's partitions. This provides no protection from stuxnet and variant

Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
The only problem is that sound does not work in these Linux in Windows subsystem. Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor in Training JAWS, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint certified by World Services for the Blind > On Dec 13, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Linux for blind general discu

Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Sounds like Microsoft is providing more solutions in search of problems. They like to do that it seems. I like to run Linux on its own without any "help" from Microsoft. And if anyone does want Windows for any reason at all, it can certainly run under VirtualBox on Linux, which as far as I know

Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi, Of course I care. Why wouldn't I? If this will make it a lot easier to install several distributions at your fingertips, no more having to try and install VM Workstation, find the right ISO, and set everything up. I want to try and figure out why Festival and Festvox isn't working the way

Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi, Will it be different? Of course. Just think of all the apps on a typical Linux /usr/bin/. Is that sufficiently different from Power Shell? I think so. Let alone whatever else one might install, e.g. mplayer, irssi, gdb, etc., etc. If all you need is what you describe, I expect you don't care

Re: Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi, I can already use Windows Power Shell with Scoop and Open SSH, thanks to a line of code someone sent me. I pasted it into Windows Power Shell, and then I let it install everything. Now, whenever I need to access my server, I launch Windows Power Shell, type ssh user@hostname and press ente

Welcome to Linux by Microsoft

2017-12-13 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hello, Blinux Folks: No doubt many of you are aware that the developer tools available on Microsoft's Windows 10, beginning with last year's so-called Anniversary Edition of Windows 10, include a reasonably sophisticated bash shell environment based on Ubuntu. Microsoft developed this environment